CP Edward Egbuka who is the Kogi State Commissioner of Police has on Thursday, presented some cheques worth ₦9,800,000 .00 on behalf of the Inspector General of Police, Alkali Baba Usman, to the families of 14 police officers who died in active service in the State.
While presenting the cheques to the families of the deceased officers, the CP Egbuka had announced that the gesture was part of the IGP’s “Family welfare insurance” aimed at improving the welfare of the families of the deceased police officers and to boost the morale of other officers who are in active service.
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He appreciated the Inspector General of Police for assisting in reducing the hardship faced by the families of the deceased officers. Egbuka urged the beneficiaries to make judicious use of the money for the betterment of their families.
Some of the beneficiaries appreciated the IGP for the gesture and promised to make use of the money for the benefits of their families.
In a fresh development, the police command in Lagos State have cast their security net after some unscrupulous Point of Sale (POS) operators who ply their trade near stations in a bid to aid extortion and swindling.
SP Benjamin Hundeyin who is the Public Relations Officer, made the disclosure in a Twitter post.
The police observed that those in the business specialize in hanging around police stations. Investigations found that customers are innocent Nigerians being extorted by some recalcitrant personnel.
“Their presence around the stations has made the extortion game a lot easier”, the command complained.
Nothing that the force continually purges itself of bad officers, the police said was high time POS operators were regulated.
Hundeyin added that the action was “in line with the mandate of not just detecting but also preventing crime”.
“To this end, anyone found to have knowingly enabled extortion will be treated as an accomplice”, the PRO said.
